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Ideas for handmade sunny mats you’ll want to make when welcoming a baby!

Nursery Teacher Mom Writertsukada moe
After working for five years at an after-school childcare club and three years at a nursery school, I began working as a freelance writer. I’m a mother of two children. Inspired by playing the flute in the school wind ensemble in elementary school, I joined a jazz club at university. I’ve also incorporated ukulele and piano performance into childcare. Playing, laughing, feeling sad, feeling frustrated—through all kinds of experiences, I want children to grow.

The sunny mat with a sun-like design is adorable.

It’s a popular spot where babies can relax safely.

In fact, this sunny mat is relatively easy to make by hand.

If you want to do something to prepare for the birth or provide your baby with something handmade, why not try making a sunny mat?

In this article, we introduce various handmade sunny mat ideas, as well as other items that can serve as comfortable places for your baby.

If you’re looking for handmade ideas, be sure to use this as a reference.

Ideas for handmade sunny mats you’ll want to make when welcoming a baby!

Handmade play mat

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Handmade play mat

Why not try adapting the sunny mat idea to make a play mat? Play mats are often made by sewing fabrics together with a sewing machine, but in this idea you stick fabrics together using adhesive bias tape.

It might be a bit challenging if you’re not used to it, but it’s nice that you can skip the sewing.

Some fabrics may not adhere well; in that case, try pressing with an iron.

If you use quilted fabric on the front for napping and a vinyl material on the back for playtime, you’ll likely broaden the ways you can use it.

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Handmade baby gym

With Pattern: “Handmade Baby Gym and Hand-Knitted Toys” | Knitting Log

Handmade baby gym

How about making a baby gym for your little one during their nap-time stage, as an advanced variation on a sunny mat? The gym’s frame uses an assembly-type hula hoop, covered with a sewn, bag-shaped cover.

Evenly spaced loops threaded with ribbons are sewn onto the cover so that toys can be hung from them.

In this idea, the toys are crocheted, but you can also hang store-bought fabric toys.

Think up some features that will delight your baby, and give it a try!

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hand-stitched rug mat

SUB [No Sewing Machine Needed] Rug Mat Made from Old Bath Towels [Hand Stitching Only]

hand-stitched rug mat

Here’s an idea for a rug mat you can make using old towels.

When making a “sunny mat,” you typically need larger fabric pieces, so many people end up buying them.

But with this idea, you can finish a mat using towels you no longer use! Trim off the towel edges, cut the towels into 10 cm-wide strips, then sew three strip ends together.

Fold the sewn towel strip in quarters lengthwise toward the inside, and braid three strips together.

When you run out of a strip, sew the next one in the same way, fold it, and keep braiding until you’ve used all the cut towels.

Finally, coil the braided towel into a spiral and stitch it together to finish.

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In conclusion

We introduced handmade ideas for sunny mats.

Sunny mats are popular as a cozy spot for babies.

When moms make them by hand, they become items you’ll feel attached to.

Try making one in your favorite colors and patterns.

Let’s finish it up while happily waiting to meet your baby.